New ‘leash’ of life for BSF’s sentinel

Ludhiana, September 11

Tyson, a 4-year-old male Labrador Retriever of 58 Bn., Border Security Force, Gurdaspur, got a new lease of life after its life-saving dialysis was performed at GADVASU hospital.

According to the BSF, Tyson was involved in an operation at the India-Pakistan border where it led to tracking and subsequent arrest of infiltrators some months ago. Tyson was previously on border duty with 170 Bn. BSF and was handed over to 58 Bn. BSF in December 2019 for tracking and fence guarding.

Dr Randhir Singh, who performed the dialysis, said Tyson was brought to the hospital in an emergency at night in a critical condition. “After stabilisation, intermittent haemodialysis was performed on Tyson, which led to its subsequent recovery from acute uremia with all uremic parameters within normal physiological range. Had dialysis not been performed at the earliest, Tyson might have succumbed to the ramifications of acute uremia,” he said.

Dr SS Randhawa, Director of Clinics, said dialysis facility for pets was only available at GADVASU teaching hospital in the entire north India and only two other veterinary colleges of India had this facility. — TNS